David Granger is PNCR Presidential candidate
It was a very close race but after three counts it was Brigadier David Granger who was declared the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) presidential candidate after the conclusion of a special congress at the party’s Congress Place headquarters yesterday. Brigadier Granger was able to reign supreme last evening with a total of 279 votes. [...]
Front Page Comment…Avarice, Greed and Fraud
As Dr Cheddi Jagan eased into office by 1993, he declared that the new PPP regime was going to be different; none of that high-handed, top-down, opaque governance that characterised his predecessor. No sir. It was the people’s money that was being spent and he and his government would make sure that the people knew [...]
‘Untouchable’ businessman takes over Happy Acres playfield
A popular local businessman was given an ultimatum by the Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council to produce a copy of his transport for a plot of land in Happy Acres East Coast Demerara, which he unlawfully claimed to own, or face eviction. The plot of land in question is a one-acre plot that was designated [...]
Sacked OP employee says intimidation will not silence her
“I think that by doing that to my family is their way of getting me to shut up, but that is not going to happen.” Marcelle Joseph, the former employee of the Office of the President who was sacked, says that she has spoken to a number of influential persons in the United States of [...]
19-year old girl kills lesbian lover, in custody
A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death early yesterday by her 19-year-old female lover outside the popular “Red Dragon” night spot. Dead is Sonobia James, also called Stacy James, of Lot 46- 46 Rasville Housing Scheme. The woman’s 19-year-old lover, who was identified as Tiffany Clarke, was arrested at the Georgetown Public Hospital and is [...]
Dem boys seh…Kwame get a cutback from dem protester
De race over. Everybody know who gun lead de PNC into de elections. But is de final count that mek people wonder whether people ain’t set up some people. Dem boys seh that when Faith walk in dem women call out something bout woman power. Dem same woman vote fuh a man. Dem two lawyer [...]
The man who changed the way our roads were built
Philip Allsopp is a ‘Special Person’ “It (a stint with the US Dept. of Public Works) was excellent training and I managed to see firsthand in five states, the way the Americans built their roads. That invaluable experience served me well throughout my career.” By Leonard Gildarie It is said that a man’s life is [...]
CHPA tightlipped on Brickdam project cost
“At this time it is intricate for me to give you the total cost because it is a continuous project,” responded Rawle Edinboro, Chief Development Planner of the Ministry of Housing and Central Authority, to a question on the prize tag attached to the Brickdam project. Minister Irfaan Ally, when asked about the amount of [...]
Mason dies minutes after drinking ‘rum’
Sherlock Jones left his home at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning and reported for work at Middle Road La Penitence, Georgetown, not knowing that it would have been the last time his family would be seeing him alive. Jones died under mysterious circumstances while receiving medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital, [...]
Ministry to offer non-graduate programme for Special Education
In order to fulfil the specification of its governing strategic plan, the Ministry of Education has plans to offer a non-graduate programme which will see teachers being trained to adequately deliver to students with special needs. And according to National Coordinator of Special Needs, Karen Hall, this programme maybe offered within a few years. “We [...]
Anna Regina student cops Anne Blue Award
Dedication to schoolwork, complemented by her involvement in co-curricular activities, did not only ensure Erica Singh an impressive scholastic achievement, but it also helped her to attain the coveted Anne Blue Scholarship Award. The 17-year-old student of Anna Regina Secondary was presented with the accolade which will cover her academic expenses at the University of [...]
Social services leave sick woman on condemned mortuary floor
A 39- year-old destitute woman who gave her name as ‘Drupattie Singh’ is apparently dying at Rose Hall Town, on the Corentyne. Residents say that they have exhausted every possible avenue seeking help for the woman. The woman is lying in her own filth on the floor of an abandoned funeral parlour at Independence Avenue [...]
Man charged with raping 12-year-old stepdaughter
A Guyana-born man is currently a guest of the state in New York awaiting trial on a charge of raping a minor. The 46-year-old man, Jagmohan Singh, has been charged for allegedly raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter. He was arrested last week Thursday in New York and will have to appear in court again on March [...]
East Canje Lions Club continue to contribute in Berbice
The East Canje Lions Club, in an effort to instill the values of proper hygiene on the younger generation, conducted counselling sessions and gifted 52 youngsters with hygiene kits. The hygiene kits were handed out to kids at the Edinborough, Gay Park and Lansdale Mandirs. The children were very grateful for the kits that included [...]
Violent woman on $350,000 bail
Samantha Roberts, 30, of Mora Point, Bartica and a mother of six, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate ‘s Court on Friday to face the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on 29-year-old Colleen Gonsalves, also of Mora Point Bartica. It is alleged that on Sunday February 20, last, Samantha Roberts inflicted grievous bodily harm onto [...]
Schoolboys on bail with indecently assaulting 18-yr-old
Two 15-year-old schoolboys of the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School and of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, were on Friday placed on $30,000 bail each by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. They had appeared before her on a charge of indecently assaulting an 18-years-old neighbour on Wednesday. Prosecutor, Sergeant Godfrey Playter, told the court that on the day in question [...]
Guyana in charge in their own backyard
Bajans 88-5 replying to homesters 330 By Sean Devers at Providence Back in familiar home conditions of the Providence Stadium, Guyana produced their best batting performance this season as Vishaul Singh scored a maiden First-Class fifty and Derwin Christian (27) and Chris Barnwell (24) chipped in to help the hosts to 330 against a Barbados [...]
No projects submitted yet for Norway funds
…three months after Jagdeo’s outburst about World Bank delay The Guyana Government has not submitted a single project for funding to the Steering Committee which has to approve the projects and allow for the release of Norwegian funds, the Norwegian Government has revealed. This comes almost three months after President Bharrat Jagdeo derided the World [...]
GUYANA HAS HIGH GRADE CRUDE OIL
From Ralph Seeram As I am writing this article the world price of oil has jumped to US$100per barrel, the highest price in two years. Oil has increased by 14 percent in the past week. No doubt this is due to the present wave of protests in the Arab and other oil producing countries. These [...]
Region Three Eco Club targets schools
Region Three Eco Coordinator, Marcel Lieaping, yesterday told Kaieteur News that there is a group of youngsters from her Eco-club who are engaged in fund raising activities to achieve sufficient money to fund a trip they have planned to Brazil. Fund-raising activities include an inter-school debate on Tuesday between the schools in Region Three, regular [...]
Teen identified as Linden businessman’s killer
An 18-year-old on several armed robbery charges and who was once charged with murder has been positively identified as the gunman who killed Linden businessman Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph last month. Police said that the suspect, Collis Collison, of South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was picked out during a police identification parade yesterday. He is [...]
Battered body found in bush corner
By Rabindra Rooplall The battered body of Rishi Persaud, 36, called “Web or Spider” of Lot 12 Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, (EBD) was found in the bush corner of Esau Street, Land of Canaan, yesterday. Residents in the area disclosed that the body was discovered lying in the bush corner at sunrise, and [...]
Amaila Falls Road 15 per cent complete
…contractor will be penalized if necessary – Dr Luncheon “The government couldn’t help but be concerned about the delays,” as these relate to the construction of the Amaila Falls Road Project currently being undertaken by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc. This is according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, who recently [...]
Buck-Hill accident truck not missing
Thursday’s accident in Buck Hall that subsequently caused the death of Chitram Sooknarine, of Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme and others being hospitalised, was not a case of hit and run.. The driver and owner of the truck involved in the accident, Paabindra Ramcharran, of Cotton Field Village, Essiquibo Coast today said that contrary to [...]
GPHC staffer hurt in Camp Street accident
Nigel Glen, 26, of One-Mile, Linden, is currently obtaining medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being involved in a motor-vehicular accident at Camp Street yesterday afternoon. The accident which took place around 16:30 hrs resulted in the man sustaining head injuries. Glen is a staff of the GPHC who only came [...]
